Motorcycle Operator Suffers 'Severe Facial Trauma' In Hopkinton Wreck: Cops

HOPKINTON, RI — A motorcycle operator suffered "severe facial trauma" and his passenger was hospitalized with "potential internal injuries" in a wreck on Charnley Avenue, police said.

Witnesses reported that Kevin McDonald, 39, of Hopkinton was driving the motorcycle "erratically while traveling westbound on Spring Street" Monday, the Hopkinton Police Department said in a media release.

"McDonald passed two vehicles in a no-passing zone at an extremely high speed before colliding with a vehicle making a left-hand turn onto Charnley" Avenue, the release said.

Both McDonald and his passenger, 33-year-old Katlyn Cook of Tiverton, were hospitalized, according to the release.

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